Graduates of the University of Tasmania Medical School: career achievements 10 to 23 years after graduation.
OBJECTIVE
To assess the postgraduate achievements of graduates of the University of Tasmania Medical School.


METHODS
Postal questionnaire survey in October 1994 and March and May 1995.


METHODS
262 of the 400 medical graduates of the University of Tasmania who graduated between 1970 and 1983 for whom addresses were held (65.5% response rate).


METHODS
Achievement of postgraduate qualifications; senior hospital and university appointments; publications in the medical literature; practice location (rural or urban); and sex distribution.


RESULTS
College fellowships had been obtained by 56%, other formal postgraduate qualifications by 24%. MDs or PhDs by 7%, senior hospital appointments by 46%, and senior university appointments by 21%; 30% had published in the medical literature. Equal proportions of men and women had obtained postgraduate qualifications, but women were less likely to have a college fellowship, a senior hospital or university appointment, or to have published (P < 0.05). 56% worked in Tasmania, and of the 95% working in Australia 17% were in rural or remote locations.


CONCLUSIONS
More than two-thirds of Tasmanian medical graduates achieved postgraduate qualifications and a small majority were practising in Tasmania. Postgraduate career path was significantly influenced by the sex of the graduates.
Vial
J H
JH
Clinical School, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS. JanetVial@utas.edu.au
Muller
H K
HK
D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013648:Tasmania